Kagoshima District, Kagoshima
Kagoshima is a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Kagoshima is a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
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Worth seeing in and around Kagoshima District, Kagoshima
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kagoshima Castle
Kagoshima Castle was an Edo period flatland-style Japanese castle located in the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2023.
1.7 km · castle in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Mount Shiroyama
Mount Shiroyama is a mountain located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The true height is 107m.
1.5 km · mountain in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Kagoshima City Museum of Art
Kagoshima City Museum of Art opened within the Ninomaru of Tsurumaru Castle in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1985. The collection includes works by local artists Kuroda Seiki, Fujishima Takeji, and Wada Eisaku, as well as Western painters Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne.
1.4 km · art museum in Kagoshima · Wikipedia - 04Terukuni Shrine
Terukuni jinja is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. This shrine is considered to be a dwelling place for the kami of Shimazu Nariakira, whose posthumous name is Terukuni Daimyōjin.
1.3 km · Shinto shrine in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Museum of the Meiji Restoration
The Museum of the Meiji Restoration is a history museum in Kagoshima, Japan. Located by the Kōtsuki River, it is a gallery where visitors can learn about the Meiji Restoration.
300 m · museum in Kagoshima, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Kagoshima City Aquarium
Kagoshima Aquarium is a public aquarium, located in Kagoshima, Japan. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
2 km · public aquarium in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium
Shiranami Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kagoshima, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football and rugby union matches.
2.3 km · building in Yojiro, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 08St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kagoshima
The Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier, also called the Xavier Church, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima and seat of the diocesan bishop, currently Paul Kenjiro Koriyama. Located in Kagoshima, Japan, it was named for missionary priest Francis Xavier, who arrived there in August 1549 and founded a Catholic mission.
900 m · church building in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Kagoshima Prefectural Government Building
The Kagoshima Prefectural Government Building is a skyscraper located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Construction of the 93-metre, 18-storey skyscraper was finished in 1996.
2.7 km · building in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Nagashima Museum
Nagashima Museum opened in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1989, the centenary of the city's official foundation. Located on a hill overlooking Sakurajima and Kagoshima Bay, at an elevation of 110 metres, the museum's collection of some thousand objects amassed by businessman Nagashima Kōsuke, includes works by Kuroda Seiki, Rodin, and Chagall, as well as Satsuma ware.
1.7 km · museum in Kagoshima, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kagoshima District, Kagoshima
- Airports
- Kagoshima (KOJ), 29 km · Miyazaki (KMI), 91 km · Kumamoto (KMJ), 142 km
- Stations
- Kagoshima‐Chūō Station, 800 m · Kagoshima Station, 2.5 km · Minami-Kagoshima Station, 3.3 km · Kōrimoto Station, 2.1 km
- Miyazaki → Kagoshima District, Kagoshima570 km · quickest by road, 131h 43m · ¥7,800–10,600
- Kumamoto → Kagoshima District, Kagoshima633 km · quickest by road, 132h 33m · ¥8,300–11,300
- Nagasaki → Kagoshima District, Kagoshima608 km · quickest by road, 135h 21m · ¥10,050–13,700
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- Get inHowever, Japan Rail Pass holders can make a day trip in 8 hours using a combination of Hikari and Sakura/Tsubame services free of charge.
- Get inKagoshima is one of Japan's busiest ferry terminals, with a plethora of ferries connecting mainland Japan to its southern islands.
- Get inOperators include Marix Line and A Line ferry - expect the full journey towards Naha to take around 25 hours, although you can stop halfway through in the Amami Islands.
- Get inFinally for the Tokara Islands, the municipality [http://www.tokara.jp/access/ferry.html] operates 2 weekly ferries plying the route in around 7 hours (¥6000).
- Get aroundThe ferry between volcanic island of Sakurajima and Kagoshima harbor operates frequently and around the clock.
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Kagoshima District, Kagoshima is 2 km from Kagoshima, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.